Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Natural History of Creation

  • Alfred Russel Wallace

    JMS PearceHull, United Kingdom Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) conceived the original idea of evolution by natural selection entirely independently of Charles Darwin.1 In the north choir aisle of Westminster Abbey, next to Charles Darwin’s memorial, is a white marble roundel with a profile relief bust to the memory of Alfred Russel Wallace, erected in 1915.…